Kenton County News

The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has a new $23 million security checkpoint building, where airline passengers will be screened before heading off to catch their flights.

COVINGTON - A Kenton County jury this afternoon found a 25-year-old man guilty of wanton murder for shaking a baby to death after the infant's cries interrupted him masturbating.

A Kenton County jury is now deciding the fate of a Covington man accused of murdering a 3-month-old baby.

A second person from Northern Kentucky has died from the swine flu, according to the Northern Kentucky Health Department.

Passengers traveling out of Terminal 3 at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport soon won't have to walk nearly as far to go through security.

Health officials say a northern Kentucky woman in her mid-50s has died from complications associated with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.

The same DNA evidence credited with cracking a 15-year-old rape case was challenged during the first day of trial for one of the men charged with the sexual assault.

Northern Kentucky Action addressed the Kenton County Fiscal Court Tuesday Oct. 27 to ask for the adoption of a county-wide smoking ban.

Ambulances, fire trucks and patrol cars surrounded the Wilder city building Tuesday afternoon as first responders from throughout Northern Kentucky heeded a call to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine.

ERLANGER - Kentucky probation and parole officers have been told to violate a state Supreme Court opinion that found it was unconstitutional to retroactively apply a law that restricts where sex offenders can live.

COVINGTON - Kenton County officials say there has to be a better way to pay for 911 emergency dispatch service than the current system that relies on revenue from steadily decreasing telephone land lines.

A bench warrant was issued Monday for a 29-year-old Villa Hills man after he failed to appear in court for his sentencing on a bigamy charge.

The arrest of two sex offenders in Kenton County this year shows the complications of enforcing Kentucky's strict residence restrictions.

A 19-year-old mother pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges after her 20-month-old daughter was severely burned at a methamphetamine lab near Covington.

Public libraries across Northern Kentucky participated in a statewide effort Monday to document usage and raise awareness about the value of libraries in communities.

FRANKFORT, KY Kentucky's social workers say the state is not following through on its promises to make their job safer.

There is a new effort underway to overhaul education in Kentucky. The goal is to better prepare students for the future especially in a new emerging industry in the Commonwealth.

As she hung out a second-story window of her burning home Tuesday morning, Lelia Burns was within arm's reach of being rescued by a Covington firefighter when flames raced up the wall and separated the two.

A Kenton County woman was killed Tuesday morning when a historical rowhouse burned in Covington.

COVINGTON - A 43-year-old Erlanger resident faces up to two decades in prison when he is sentenced in November for setting his neighbor's home on fire last year.